Pedals that stack with the Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)

Stack Browne Amplification Carbon on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)

Into the Lionheart L5's classic-rock British valve breakup, the King of Tone's transparent boost pushes real saturation.

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

Friedman BE-OD takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

Acoustic Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head's edge of breakup voice out front: Walrus Audio Julia goes after Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head in the signal chain so its analog warmth voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

Put Boss DM-2 Delay in Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head's effects loop, clear of Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Keep Carl Martin DeLayla XL in Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head's effects loop, clear of Laney Lionheart L5 Studio 5W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop